Theater This Week

Now Playing in Indiana:

February 3rd, Stageworks Staged Reading, Scintilla, The Acting Ensemble, Ensemble on the Avenue, 602 E. Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka.  FYI www.actingensemble.com.

February 7th, 7:30 pm ET, Poets & Playwrights Series: Oblates of Blues, Acting Ensemble, 602 E. Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka, IN. Pay-what-you-can. FYI www.actingensemble.com.

Through February 9th, King James, Janet Allen Stage, Indiana Repertory Theatre, 140 W. Washington, Indianapolis.  FYI www.irlive.com 

February 5th through 15th, Footlight Players present Wait until Dark, Footlight Theater, 1705 Franklin Street, Michigan City. Adults $17, Children 12 & under $12. FYI www.footlightplayers.org. 

Through February 22nd, August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone, One America Financial Stage, Indiana Repertory Theatre (IRT), 140 W Washington St, Indianapolis, IN. FYI  www.irtlive.com

February 4th through March 2nd, Nina Simone: Four Women, One America Financial Stage, Indiana Repertory Theatre, 140 W. Washington, Indianapolis.  FYI www.irlive.com 

Now Playing in Illinois:  

February 2nd, 5:30 pm, Chicago Theatre Week Kick-off Celebration, The Den Theatre, 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. Sneak peak performances, lite bites, cash bar. Free & open to the public with a reservation @ https://leagueofchicagotheatres.org/event/2026-chicago-theatre-week-kick-off-party-2/. 

February 5th, 7:00 pm, Renée Fleming in Recital: Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene, Lyric Opera, Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago.  FYI lyricopera.org.

February 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Northwestern University, Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Centers, Josephine Louis Theater, 20 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston. $12-$20. FYI https://wirtz.northwestern.edu/the-caucasian-chalk-circle/

Through February 8th, Otherworld Theatre Company presents PROSPERA: A SCI-FI RETELLING OF SHAKESPEARE’S THE TEMPEST, Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, Chicago. $15-$30. FYI (773) 975-8150 or www.theaterwit.org

Through February 8th, Stereophonic, CIBC Theatre, 18 W. Monroe, Chicago.  Tickets on sale in April.  FYI (800) 775-2000, all Ticketmaster retail locations and www.BroadwayInChicago.com. 

Through February 14th, Salome, Lyric Opera, Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago.  FYI lyricopera.org.

Through February 15th, Cosi fan Tutte, Lyric Opera, Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago.  FYI lyricopera.org.

February 5th through 15th, The League of Chicago Theatres in partnership with Choose Chicago introduces Chicago Theatre Week (#CTW26). The value-priced CTW tickets will be $30, $15, or less. Tickets go on sale at 10:00 am January 4th, 2026 on HotTix.org. FYI ChicagoTheatreWeek.com.

**** Through February 21st, Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival presents Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile, Studebaker Theatre in the Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan, Chicago.  Adults $30-$68, Children $20-$54. Performances through February 1st, https://chicagopuppetfest.org/event/the-enormous-crocodile/. Continuation through February 21st, enormouscrocodilemusical.com/chicago

Through February 22nd, TimeLine Theatre Company presents Eureka Day, Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut, Chicago. FYI timelinetheatre.com, or www.BroadwayInChicago.com.

Through February 22nd, Chicago Premiere, Birds of North America, A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells St., Chicago. $30-$50. FYI www.aredorchidtheatre.com.

Through February 22nd, Mary Jane, Northlight Theatre, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie.  FYI (847) 673-6300  or www.northlight.org

Through February 22nd, The Outsider, Oil Lamp Theater, 1723 Glenview Road, Glenview. FYI OilLampTheater.org. 

Through February 28th, Short Shakespeare! Hamlet, The Jentes Family Courtyard Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre on Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand, Chicago.   FYI (312) 595-5600 or www.chicagoshakes.com.

Through March 1st, A World-Premiere Adaptation, Holiday, Albert Theatre, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, Chicago.  FYI (312) 443-3800 or www.goodmantheatre.org.

Through March 1st, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble presents Unnecessary Farce, Playhouse Theatre, McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Boulevard, Glen Ellyn. FYI (630) 942-4000 or https://atthemac.org/buffalo-theatre-ensemble/

Through March 1st, Collaboraction Theatre Company presents Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till, Collaboraction's House of Belonging, Kimball Arts Center, 1757 N. Kimball, Chicago. $25-$55. FYI collaboraction.org. 

February 6th through March 1st, PrideArts presents Constellations, Hoover-Leppen Theatre at Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, Chicago. $35. FYI 773-661-0770 or www.pridearts.org.

**** February 7th through March 1st, Young People's Theater of Chicago presents The Hobbit, The Greenhouse Theatre, 2257 N. Lincoln, Chicago.  $15. FYI https://yptchi.org/the-hobbit

Through March 8th, Confederates, Redtwist Theatre, 1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago. $10-$60. FYI RedtwistTheatre.org

Through March 8th, Lionel Bart’s Oliver! A Staged Concert, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights. $25-$49. FYI (847) 577-2121 or MetropolisArts.com 

February 5th through March 8th, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company presents Hedda Gabler, Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, Chicago.  Tickets go on sale July 30th.  $15-$55.  FYI TheaterWit.org

February 6th through March 8th, Miss Julie, Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago.  FYI (773) 753-4472 or www.CourtTheatre.org.

Through March 15th, Porchlight Music Theater presents The Irish … and How They Got That Way, Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. Tickets on sale September 30th. FYI PorchlightMusicTheatre.org

Through March 15th, Little Shop of Horrors, Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire.  FYI (847) 634-0200 or www.marriotttheatre.com

February 5th through March 20th, Black and Highly Flavored, UP Comedy Club, The Second City, 230 W. North Avenue, Chicago. Tickets start at $39. FYI (312) 337-3992  or www.secondcity.com  

Through March 22nd, The Dance of Death, Downstairs Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted, Chicago.  FYI (312) 335-1650 or www.steppenwolf.org

Through March 22nd, On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan, Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. FYI (630) 530-0111 or www.drurylaneoakbrook.com. TicketMaster (312) 559-1212 or www.ticketmaster.com.

February 4th through March 22nd, Chicago-area Premiere, Dear Evan Hansen, Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd, Aurora. FYI (630) 896-6666 or www.paramountaurora.com.

February 6th through March 22nd, Come Back, Little Sheba, American Blues Theater, 5627 N. Lincoln, Chicago.  FYI (773) 654-3103 or www.americanbluestheater.com

Through April 30th, 7:30 pm, Dennis Watkins in partnership with the Goodman Theatre & Petterino's announces The Magic Parlor with Dennis Watkins, 50 W. Randolph, Chicago.  $85 ($115 for performance + encore experience).  FYI (312) 443-3800 or TheMagicParlourChicago.com.

Open Run, 113th Mainstage Revue, This Too Shall Slap, The Second City, 1616 N. Wells Street, Chicago.  Tickets start at $39. FYI (312) 337-3992 or www.secondcity.com.

Open Run, e.t.c. 49th Revue: The Chaos Theory of Everything, e.t.c. Theater, The Second City, 230 W. North Avenue, Chicago.  Tickets start at $19. FYI (312) 337-3992 or www.secondcity.com.

Open Run, The Best of Second City: 65 Years of Funny, UP Comedy Club, The Second City, 230 W. North Avenue, Chicago. Tickets start at $39. FYI (312) 337-3992 or www.secondcity.com.

Open Run, Second City Presents - Thank You, Goodnight, Donny's Skybox Theater, The Second City, 230 W. North Avenue, Chicago. Tickets start at $20. FYI (312) 337-3992 or www.secondcity.com.

Open Run, Fridays & Saturdays, 10:30 pm, Sundays, 7 pm, The Infinite Wrench, The Neo-Futurist Theater, 5153 N. Ashland Avenue, Chicago.  $20 or pay-what-you-can.  FYI  neofuturists.org

Now Playing in Michigan:

 

Now Playing in Wisconsin: 

Through February 8th, Milwaukee Rep presents The Lehman Trilogy, Checota Powerhouse Theater, Associated Bank Theater Center, 108 E Wells St, Milwaukee, WI.  FYI (414) 224-9490 or www.MilwaukeeRep.com.

**** Through February 15th, First Stage presents Lovabye Dragon, Goodman Mainstage Hall, Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 W. Walnut St., Milwaukee, WI.  Ages 3-8.  FYI (414) 267-2961 or firststage.org 

Through March 1st, Milwaukee Rep presents The Fisherman's Daughters, Stackner Cabaret, Associated Bank Theater Center, 108 E Wells St, Milwaukee, WI.  FYI (414) 224-9490 or www.MilwaukeeRep.com.

Now Playing Elsewhere: 

Through February 7th, Paranormal Activity, Harman Hall, Shakespeare Theatre Company, 610 F St. NW, Washington, DC, FYI https://www.shakespearetheatre.org/

February 6th, 7:30 pm ET, February 8th, 2:30 pm ET, INTELLIGENCE, Virginia Opera, Dominion Energy Center, 600 E. Grace St., Richmond, VA. FYI https://vaopera.org/subscriptions

Through February 15th, The Book Club Play, TheatreSquared, 477 W. Spring Street in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas.  FYI (479) 777-7477 or theatre2.org/subscribe.

Now Playing Internationally:

 

Now Playing in London: 

Link to London guide: https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/your-guide-to-london-theatre-shows

**** Family Friendly and/or Children's Theatre

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